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BBC环境分析员 Roger Harrabin 说，参加在巴黎举行的第二十一届联合国气候变化大会（COP21）的各国谈判代表就如何应对环境、气候变化以及新兴经济体对全球环境带来的影响进行了探讨。 Negotiators here are, in effect, discussing the shape of a new world order. The old rich-versus-poor divisions are now much more complex. The most vulnerable nations…
随着手机银行应用的普及，英国高街上遍布各家银行的景象可能随之一去不返。Simon Gompertz 报道手机银行应用的流行趋势。 In a small office behind London’s King’s Cross station a band of technology entrepreneurs is setting up a bank with 140 staff to offer what traditional banks…
据世界气象组织称，2015年全球温度与过去一年相比普遍高出许多，2015年很可能成为有记录以来最热的一年。以下是 Roger Harrabin 的报道。 The WMO says this five-year period has brought record heat to Asia, Europe, South America and Oceania and North America. This latest October was exceptionally warm.…
科学家警告说我们即将进入一个后抗生素时代。研究人员在中国的病人和牲畜身上发现了一种能对抗最有效的抗生素“粘菌素 (colistin)”的超级细菌。以下是 James Gallagher 的报道。 Bacteria becoming completely resistant to antibiotics could plunge medicine back into the dark ages. It would affect not only infections but also surgery and cancer…
医生首次打破人类血脑保护屏障，对脑癌施以药物治疗。其它大脑疾病，比如，老年痴呆症也可以用同样方法进行治疗。以下是 BBC Michelle Roberts 发回的报道： The blood-brain barrier does a good job of keeping toxins out. But this tightly-packed layer of cells which separates the brain from its blood vessels…
文字稿 瑞典的一项大型研究项目发现，家中有宠物狗的低龄孩子日后不大可能患哮喘。BBC记者 Michelle Roberts 有以下报道： Many people are allergic to dogs, or at least the dead skin cells and saliva that they shed as they groom themselves. But a new…
文字稿 据世界卫生组织最新发表的报告称，食用像培根、香肠和火腿等加工肉制品确实可以增加患癌症的风险。此报告说，每天吃50克的加工肉产品，相当于不到两片培根的量，就会使患直肠癌的几率增加18%。 This new assessment puts processed meat, such as salami and ham, in the highest category of five possible rankings of cancer-causing agents. And they say that red meat,…
文字稿 美国研究人员对与我们祖先生活方式相似的非洲和南美洲社会居民的睡眠习惯进行了调查研究。研究表明我们祖先的睡眠时间可能少于我们。以下是 Rebecca Morelle 的报道。 From artificial lights to late-night TV and now our smartphones, modern life is often blamed for ruining our sleep. But this study suggests our ancestors…
文字稿 澳大利亚相关部门为其宰杀野猫的决定做出辩解说野猫威胁到当地物种的存活。英国歌手莫里西（Morrissey）和法国影星碧姬·芭铎 (Brigitte Bardot) 指责此宰杀行为。以下是 Jon Donnison 的报道。 The proposed cull will involve the killing of two million feral cats that the Australian government says are decimating many threatened species…
文字稿 根据一项研究结果显示，过分依赖使用电脑和搜索引擎会使人脑的记忆力减退。以下是 Oliver Farrimond 的报道。 Scientists spoke to 6,000 adults in eight European countries and found that while many were able to recall phone numbers from their childhood, fewer could…
文字稿 尼泊尔正在考虑对攀登珠穆朗玛峰者的年龄加以限制，禁止那些它认为年龄过小或过老的人攀登世界最高峰。该国因为没有管理好这一巨额产业而受到批评。以下是 Joanna Jolly 发来的报道： Ever since Mount Everest opened to commercial expeditions in the 1990s, climbers have sought to establish world records on the mountain. The youngest person to…
文字稿 歌曲“祝你生日快乐”中的歌词版权被美国法官裁决无效。这意味公众不再需要缴纳版权费。这支人人会唱的歌曲是由来自美国的希尔两姐妹（Mildred and Patty Hill）于1893年创作的。以下是 Anthony Birchley 的报道。 Happy Birthday To You is the most recognised song in the English language. The melody was composed by two sisters in Kentucky…
文字稿 不论你是正坐在办公桌前或是正在开出租车，请你停下来想想这个问题：你做的这个工作若换做机器人或一台机器来完成是否能比你做得更好？英国牛津大学和德勤会计事务所（Deloitte）的研究人员说，英国现有工作的大约三分之一将在未来的二十年后被计算机取代。以下是 Rory Cellan-Jones 的报道。 Oxford University has predicted that 35% of jobs in the UK workforce are at risk from automation over the next 10 to 20 years. But…
文字稿 英国公众将可以给影响英国和爱尔兰地区的风暴起名字。人们可以通过电子邮件或社交网站将自己的建议发送给英国国家气象局。此举的目的是帮助提高群众对恶劣天气的防范意识。以下是 Simon Jones 的报道。 We’re used to tropical storms and hurricanes being given names in other parts of the world often decided by a committee. Now storms in the…
文字稿 印度官方宣布禁止民众在重大节日庆典中自拍以防止踩踏事件的发生。此规定在大壶节（Kumbh Mela）开始实行。大壶节每三年举行一次，是重要的印度教庆典活动。以下是 Charles Haviland 的报道。 The Kumbh Mela is currently under way at two venues in Maharashtra state with nearly three million Hindus attending. For any pilgrim its culmination…